Bug#844457: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#844457: sbuild: --extra-package is great, but could be better

On Dec 22, 2016, at 08:50 AM, Johannes Schauer wrote: >If the path given to --extra-package is a directory, then sbuild will add all >files that end in ".deb" within that directory to its local repository. > >Does that sound like a good compromise to you? It does indeed, thanks! -Barry

Bug#844457: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#844457: sbuild: --extra-package is great, but could be better

Hi, On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 10:28:28 -0500 Barry Warsaw wrote: > It's certainly possible, and I used to do some very similar things, but when > my old approach broke, I started to investigate what sbuild could do natively. > --extra-package is a nice feature, but then my first

Bug#844457: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#844457: sbuild: --extra-package is great, but could be better

On Nov 16, 2016, at 07:48 AM, Johannes Schauer wrote: >> 1) Allow for passing wildcards to --extra-package. Then I could do >> something like `sbuild ... --extra-package=/path/to/itp/*.deb` and >> have it pick up all the debs in that directory. >> >> 2) Provide a shortcut option for

Bug#844457: [buildd-tools-devel] Bug#844457: sbuild: --extra-package is great, but could be better

Hi, Quoting Barry Warsaw (2016-11-16 00:04:20) > I use --extra-package to build new versions of packages that grow new > dependencies not yet in Debian. While waiting for the latter to clear NEW > (or before the ITP-fixing upload), I can use --extra-package on the > dependency to ensure that it